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President - Jennifer Marakovits
President Elect - Vacancy-coming soon
Vice President - Jessica Hubbard
Treasurer - Vacancy-coming soon
Secretary - Vacancy-coming soon
Member at Large - Debbie Burton
DEIA Special Representative - Vacancy-coming soon
Past President - Wendy Clemente
jennifer marakovits
jennifer marakovits
President 2025-Current
https://www.jennifermarakovitsmusic.com/
Jennifer Marakovits is a visionary and enthusiastic music educator, performer, and arts advocate. She has extensive experience in creating dynamic educational opportunities and fostering community engagement through music. Ms. Marakovits actively works to provide resources for students, families, and colleagues, showcasing her commitment to excellence in music education as a state-certified educator at the Chula Vista Elementary School District. In addition, Ms. Marakovits serves as Vice Chair of the City of Encinitas Commission for the Arts and is the lead creator, promoter, and adjudicator of the annual Youth Piano Concerto Competition. In the continual pursuit of learning, Ms. Marakovits holds certifications in Orff Levels 1 and 2, Kodály Levels 1 and 2, and World Drumming Level 1. Ms. Marakovits has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, with a focus on music education and piano, and a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Grand Canyon University.
Wendy Clemente
Wendy Clemente
Past President 2025-Current
“I inspire greatness by helping children find their voice. A child who sings with confidence and joy will always know how to share his or her ideas and empower others to use their voices as well. I believe that the singers in my classroom are on their way to becoming citizens who will live their lives out loud.”
Since 2003, Wendy Clemente has taught general and vocal music in the Lower School. Beginning with the Tiny Torreys, she enjoys watching her students explore musical expression and find their voice. She believes that all humans are musical and that early music experiences can build skills that will set up a lifetime of music making. In the Middle and Upper School divisions, Wendy works as the theater costumer, designing and dressing shows, while also teaching and mentoring costuming students in the theater tech program.
A life-long Californian, Ms. Clemente always knew that she wanted to be a music teacher. She grew up singing regularly in church and began piano lessons at age 9. In high school, she began performing in musical theater while also interning for a small-label fashion designer. She spent a year studying music and theater in England, toured Western Europe as a soloist, and finally graduated with a Bachelor of Music Education. Ms. Clemente began her first teaching job in Bozeman, Mont., and then relocated to San Diego, teaching music and English at Escondido Adventist Academy for 11 years before coming to LJCDS. She continues to perform as a soprano and conducts various choral organizations, including the La Jolla Renaissance Singers, the UCSD Geisel Library Toy Piano Duo, Bach Collegium–San Diego, St. Paul’s Cathedral, La Jolla Playhouse, and the La Sierra University Vocal Octet Alumni. On weekends, she serves as music director at St. Augustine of Canterbury Church in Escondido. In 2019, she was selected as the La Jolla Rotary Club Teacher of the Year.
Ms. Clemente spends her spare time sewing costumes and apparel for herself and family members, cooking gourmet vegetarian food, reading, and traveling with her husband, two adult children (who are both LJCDS lifers) and two cats.
Debbie Burton
Debbie Burton
Board Member
Debbie Burton earned a bachelor’s in music education from Union University, and MMED with Kodaly Emphasis from Holy Names College. She has Orff Levels I, II, III and Kodaly Levels I, II, III. Burton has been an elementary, middle school and high school music specialist for over 40 years specializing in elementary education, concert and jazz band instruction, choral and handbell performing groups. Burton taught classroom music for TK-5 at Jerabek Elementary School and Crown Point Junior Music Academy, and is an adjunct professor at Mesa College, San Diego State University and Point Loma Nazarene University, where she teaches music for elementary school teachers. She is a local and national Orff and Kodaly presenter, and is past treasurer and president of the San Diego American Orff Chapter.
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Treasurer
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Secretary
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Jessica Hubbard
Jessica Hubbard
Vice President
2025-Current
Jessica Hubbard is a San Diego native who was born to be a performing artist and educator. Her love for singing began at 3 years old and she continued her musical journey throughout her education. She graduated highschool from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts where she studied dramatic theater, dance, poetry, and choral literature.
Ms. Hubbard went on to Grossmont College where she began her studies of classical music. She received an Associates In Music- Classical Studies and an Associates in University Studies – Communications and Language Arts. Ms. Hubbard graduated from San Diego State University in 2017 where she received her Bachelors of Music with an emphasis in voice.
Ms. Hubbard has taught music to all grade levels from preschool to High School. She has worked all around San Diego including for CYT, Grossmont Union High School District, and San Diego Unified. Ms. Hubbard currently serves as an itinerant VAPA elementary music teacher in the La Mesa Spring Valley School District for TK-5th Grade.
When not in the classroom, Ms. Hubbard also teaches private lessons and serves as an Associate Director for the San Diego Children’s Choir. She is a current member of the San Diego Master Chorale who performs regularly with the San Diego Symphony. In 2022, Ms. Hubbard had the opportunity to perform as an alto in Mozart’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
Ms. Hubbard is absolutely passionate about the arts and truly enjoys sharing her love of music with her community and most of all her students!
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